GUIDE · MAP CREATION
Map settings
Match setup can change map size, population, starting resources, teams, and other rules before play begins.
Overview
Match setup can change map size, population, starting resources, teams, and other rules before play begins.
How this system affects decisions
Economic systems are shaped by worker travel, access to safe resource sites, and the time spent gathering versus building or moving. Compare a change by how many workers it affects and how long it remains useful, then balance it against the food, wood, gold, and population required to keep the army active.
How to use this reference
Match setup can change map size, population, starting resources, teams, and other rules before play begins. The mechanic affects the pace at which resources can be gathered, exchanged, or spent. Compare its immediate cost with the production or research it delays, especially before an Age advance.
- Focus
- Map creation
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Map creation
- Classification
- Game systems